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An arrest in Wauseon comes fol­low­ing the theft of Christ­mas Cheer cans from area con­ve­nience stores. The Bryan Times reports that 49 year old Don­ald McLeod of Arch­bold was charged on Tues­day with theft in con­nec­tion with that crime. Accord­ing to the Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office, McLeod would dis­tract store …

Bryan City Coun­cil met on Mon­day, and accord­ing to the Bryan Times, city offi­cials expressed hope that some­one might develop the Amtrak sta­tion at Paige and Lynn streets. In fact, the news­pa­per reports that Bryan Mayor Doug John­son spoke with Amtrak offi­cials about the sta­tion just last week. In the …

The Ohio High­way Patrol is con­tin­u­ing to inves­ti­gate a crash that took the life of a truck dri­ver from North Car­olina on the Ohip Turn­pike Mon­day morn­ing. It hap­pened in Ful­ton County when a trac­tor trailer dri­ven by 56 year old Anthony Lilly of Clare­mont, North Car­olina flipped while on …

It just got a lit­tle safer for tall vehi­cles to pass through Defi­ance. Low clear­ance at sev­eral CSX Rail­road viaducts are now more clearly marked, due to the place­ment of new-permanant signs on two Defi­ance streets. The new 10-foot high signs are now plainly vis­i­ble on either side of the …

The Edger­ton Local board of Edu­ca­tion held a spe­cial meet­ing Thurs­day morn­ing to fill the posi­tion of trea­surer. The board approved con­tin­u­ing the shared ser­vice agree­ment with the Edon North­west Board of Edu­ca­tion for the employ­ment of dis­trict trea­surer. At their Dec. 9 meet­ing, the Edon North­west board approved the …

Defiance’s assis­tant police chief will step down at the end of next month. The Cres­cent News reports that 52 year old Jeff Mack, a 28-year vet­eran of the city police depart­ment, plans to retire on Jan. 30. Mack said he has sent a let­ter to city offi­cials announc­ing his inten­tion …

Local res­i­dents are express­ing a mix of emo­tions fol­low­ing the sec­ond rob­bery of Gen­Fed Finan­cial Credit Union in less than two months. On Thurs­day, four armed ban­dits robbed the finan­cial insti­tu­tion and left the scene with an undis­closed amount of money. The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI con­tinue …

Police are inves­ti­gat­ing an armed rob­bery. It hap­pened early yes­ter­day after­noon at Gen­Fed Fed­eral Credit Union, at 5351 County Road 424, Antwerp. Accord­ing to wit­nesses, at least four or five peo­ple crashed in, and flashed hand­guns and demande money. They then escaped in a sil­ver SUV. No one was injured …

In Edon, the search for a miss­ing per­son is over, and for­tu­nately, the news is good. Edon Police say a young per­son left school and just walked into the woods north of Walz Park on Thurs­day. Police searched the area, then called for more help from other area law enforce­ment …

Defi­ance Mayor Bob Arm­strong announced that he plans to seek a fourth term. The 72 year old Demo­c­rat announced on Wednes­day that he planned to pick up his nom­i­nat­ing peti­tions for the May pri­mary. The mayor’s race will be decided in the Novem­ber gen­eral elec­tion, and if re-elected, Arm­strong will …